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How to control your recoil

“Only Noobs Spray”

Spraying is generally frowned upon, in fact if people see you do it, they’ll immediately call you a Noob. In most cases this is generally true because more often than not, it is much better to burst fire 2-3 bullets, than to “spray and pray“. Spraying builds up a lot of recoil which causes weapons to shoot in fairly unpredictable directions.

That been said, there are times when it is actually a better idea to spray. This usually occurs when you have multiple targets attacking you at close-medium range, making the burst fire method too slow to react in time.

Is it possible to control spray fire?

The answer is YES! Many Counter-Strike players do not realize that it IS possible to control spray-fire, to a extent that is.

Spray patterns?

Few people know that each weapon in Counter-Strike has several “spray patterns”; A formation of bullets formed while standing still and spraying through an entire clip of ammo.

A few points about these “spray patterns” are:

Patterns are only predictable while not moving, once you move they become to random too predict.

While crouching, the patterns seem to crunch together, forming a tighter, more accurate pattern.

Each weapon has approximately 3-4 different spray patterns.

By just looking at your gun model, and the way your screen corrects, it is “sometimes” possible to predict which “spray pattern” your gun recoil is projecting.

Controlling your Spray-Fire

There are two ways to spray.

Go with the recoil (uncontrolled spray)

This method is fairly straight-forward. It requires identifying what spray pattern your gun is producing through recoil and aligning your cross-hair where the bullets will fly. For instance, the image below shows 4 different examples of uncontrolled recoil, and some of the spray patterns produced by the m4a1 carbine. If a “T” pattern if being formed, it would make sense to pull the mouse down towards your target’s chest. Since the recoil is forming a “T” formation, it will kick up and will very likely land you a head-shot.

Resist the recoil (controlled spray)

This method requires a lot of skill to master. As above, it helps if you can identify the spray pattern of your recoil. From there you must correct your cross-hair to offset your recoil into the smallest, tightest pattern possible. The image below shows 4 different examples of controlled recoil, and the spray patterns produced by the m4a1 carbine.

General Spraying Tips

If you examine your cross-hair while mid spray, it is possible to get an accurate burst fire off if you let your recoil cool-down for a moment or so (assuming you are standing still).

Practice makes perfect

These methods are much too complicated to explain in words alone, so I suggest you start a server and try spraying at a wall to learn ways to identify and control your recoil. The longer you practice, the better you will become. Remember spray-firing should be used only when you are under attack from multiple targets, otherwise burst firing should be the preferred method.

In later articles, i will go over every weapon’s spray pattern and effective techniques for utilizing them. For now make sure you read my secret about how to improve your aim immediately.

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